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SIMEON P. "WHITCOMB, OF HORNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK.

SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of. Letters Patent No. 288,533, dated November 13, 1883.

l Application filed May 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMEON P. ,WHrrcoMa a citizen of the United States, residing at I-Iornellsville, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Bed-Bottoms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which-r Figure l is a plan, Fig. 2 a central longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. l 3 a detail, of a spring bed-bottom constructed in accordance with my invention.

Like lettersArefer to like parts in all the hgures.

A represents the frame, Bthe coiled springs, and O the slats, all of which are of the usual construction.

Extending from heal to foot of the bed-bottom are :a series of parallel coil-springs, D, hooked at each end into the head and foot rails A', which may be held to the frame proper by means of the screws a, and adjustably so held by slotting said pieces, as shown at a. The upper end, b, of each of the coiled springs B is projected or hookedinto theV longitudinal springs D, and the adjacent coil, b', of said spring is compressed laterally and inwardly, so as to form a seat for the under portion of said longitudinal spring. Links E connect the springs upon each `slat, and the last andiirst springs of each row are connected to the side rails by small coil-springs F. In thisV manner flexibility in all directions is secured,and the springs are connected in such,` a manner thatno wire ends are left projecting upwardly to tear the mattress or clothing.

G represents the headLsection; and it comprises a frotatableshaft, g,two side arms,g,and a head-bar, g2, from which longitudinal coiled springs D extend to the shaft g, said springs being so disposed as to pass between the main longitudinal springs and the arrangement of the headsection and y yielding lateral connections greater ease and comfort are attained.

I am also aware that rigid Slat-springs have been employed in the bottom and head-section, arranged as shown, and do not claim such as of my invention; vbut in myconstr'uction I secure lateralas well as vertical resiliency upon and at the intersection of the bottom and head-section, whereby the springs in both conform to the shape ofthe occupant, and all sharp angles in the bed-bottom, as a whole, are avoided.

Having described my invention, what I claim In a spring bed-bottom, the combination of 7o the main frame provided with longitudinal coiled springs D, and the vertical coiled springs connected to the longitudinal coiled springs by the upper coils, b b', thereof, with the headsection G, coiled springs D, arranged intermediate the longitudinal springs D, the'pawls g3, the transverse coiled springs F, and the links E, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Iaiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIMEON P. WHITCOMB.

Witnesses:

J. S. MoMAsTER, J. E. B. SANTEE. 

